SF6 gas density monitoring has been a best practice in the T&D industry for more than 30 years to:

• Safeguard the operation of electrical switchgear
• Confirm the correct filling level of electrical switchgear
• Show the current density level in a tank

With the advent of the Smart Grid, however, gas management has become the state-of-the-art successor as a best practice for SF6-insulated switchgear. Increased need for information, higher accuracy requirements, and government-mandated emission reporting are key reasons that gas management adds value and is the future for SF6-insulated switchgear.

SF6 gas management is a proactive method of acquiring real-time information about the state of SF6 gas throughout a substation. This includes information about density, emission rates, total gas emitted to-date, and days left of safe operation. When this data is accumulated and analyzed at the substation or grid-level, strategic maintenance decisions can be made which save time, effort, and money.

WIKA provides gas management technology for the Smart Grid.
For more information, please visit www.wika.com/sf6.

During the conference, WIKA Instrument Corporation will be exhibiting each evening during The Hospitality Expo in the Urban Room, Booth #36.